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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1948
Page
9
Livestock trade largely slow with mixed demand and steady to firm calves and cattle. Cows mostly steady to strong, steers unsettled with some unsold lots, bulls unchanged, and heifers varied. hogs and sheep show moderate bidding with weights from 110 to 450 pounds. Prices mostly in line with last week across many categories. Baltimore notes include apples holding near steady.
New York January 29 recovery dominated the session as dealings were moderately active at the start and tapers near midday. Fractional advances led with DuPont and Union Carbide adding about a point each while several others including General Motors Montgomery Ward Spiegel International Harvester and Boeing showed minor improvements. Some stumbles appeared in U S Rubber Packard Motors American Tobacco B and International Nickel.
Chicago opening on the Board of Trade shows a firm tone for feed grains while wheat eases due to snow in southern Kansas. May wheat at 2.90 to 2.89, July 2.60 to 2.64, Sept. 2.55 to 2.56, Corn May 2.58, oats May 0.23, various prijzen listed. Hog and cattle markets see uneven gains and softness in select weights with top hogs near 27.75 and cattle mixed amid abundant supply.
London reports a British miscalculation fueling Arab discontent after Baghdad rioting over the revised British Iraq treaty. Baghdad warns of instability as Salih Bey El Jabour's government resigns and a new cabinet forms in Baghdad amid protests.
The Volga river remains iced over for about 112 days annually on average.
The Virginia state chamber of commerce urged the General Assembly to press Congress to reduce federal appropriations by about $10 billion annually to 30 billion, arguing current levels harm state finances and economy. It urged cuts in civil offices and programs while maintaining military strength.
The Salvation Army advisory board will hold its annual meeting at 6 p m today at Cork Street Christian Church with Ed Molden in the chair. Lt Col Robert Rose of Baltimore will be guest speaker as Hagerstown SA trio provides music. Eight members are named honorary life members and new members G T Binner Jr and Ralph Larson are welcomed.
Wilbur F. Trout, Front Royal attorney, told Warren county supervisors that Front Royal should stay a town for eight years and that officials drop efforts against Warren county area annexation. He predicted success in annexation hearings starting April 20 and that Front Royal would become a city.
In Richmond Judge Hayes convened the Federal district court to hear the Robey case. Clarence L. Robey, Purcellville National Bank president, faces charges of aiding William Gardner in misapplication of funds. Gardner pleaded guilty and Robey waived a jury trial. The trial featured testimony about a $32,600 overdraft linked to a March 23 1943 Rakes check.
Norman Oklahoma January 29 1949 about a thousand students demonstrated against the University of Oklahoma admission ban for Negroes They burned a copy of the 14th amendment and mailed the ashes to President Truman The protest followed Ada Lois Sionel Fisher being denied admission to the law school and six other Negroes seeking admission to graduate schools Regents planned to meet to discuss the cases The demonstration was orderly and opened with the 14th amendment reading law school segregation contrasted with the Supreme Court ruling on equal educational facilities.
Scientists report the Caspian Sea surface is about 40 feet lower than in the 14th century due to long term climate shifts. Research tracks historical levels using sediment cores and shoreline changes.
Funeral services will be held in Front Royal Saturday for Roy Fauntley Collins a former sheriff of Warren County who died yesterday at the age of 73. His widow and five children survive.
A survey notes twenty seven distinct languages represented in about 1200 newspapers and magazines edited or published in Newark. The count highlights the city’s rich linguistic diversity across its press landscape.
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